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Marine heatwave threatens UK's seagrass meadows, but clean-up can help. Here's how

Seagrass meadows are important coastal plants that provide habitat for marine wildlife and nurseries for commercially important species.

Seagrass meadows are important coastal plants that provide habitat for marine wildlife and nurseries for commercially important species. Image: Shane Gross/NPL/Minden Pictures

Richard K.F. Unsworth
Research Officer (Marine Ecology), University of Swansea
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Seagrass smothered in algae in a lagoon in North Wales.
Seagrass smothered in algae in a lagoon in North Wales. Image: Richard Unsworth/Project Seagrass

Healthy seagrass meadows can reduce water pollution by sucking up nutrients and harmful bacteria.
Healthy seagrass meadows can reduce water pollution by sucking up nutrients and harmful bacteria.

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